2.  Located in the center of South America  South America’s Poorest country  Children are trying to lower the working age  10.5 million people in Bolivia  51% of the population are under the poverty line Geography & Country info

3. 72% of children between the ages of 5-14 are working in Bolivia. Many work in mines  Bolivia has rich mines  Carving holes for explosives  Carrying materials Making bricks  Long hours  Very low pay often $30-50 per month 72% of Children

4. The Bolivian leader (an ex child worker) wants to lower the working age  Children are unifying to legalize child labour in order to receive the same protection and rights as adults  Petitions are in order to let people under 14 work legally  There is a bill currently to ban child labour in Bolivia but many oppose it.  Enforcing labour laws in Bolivia would be catastrophic to those who rely on the income of a child working in the mines or shining shoes  They need the income What’s being done